Ghoulunatics

Ghoulunatics were a bit of an oddity in their day -- their strange name
might conjur images of a
Rob Zombie-
style horror outfit (they definitely weren't that),
and being a death metal band from Quebec, one might expect
the sort of hyperactive, ferociously technical
death metal of
Kataklysm or
Cryptopsy
or any of several other respected death metal bands from that region,
and they weren't either.
In fact, Ghoulunatics was a pretty interesting groove-infused death
metal band, with song structures and tempos a bit more straightforward
than traditional death metal, verging on the death rock style that
Entombed
made famous a few years ago.
At times the songs tended to run together, as there wasn't a lot of
variety from song to song, but the groove aspect of the band was a
welcome touch.
Not the most essential band of all time, but an enjoyable one.
After a six-album run the band retired in 2008.